Mate, Chen Stormstout was a tiny ass part of Rexxar's campaign and I don't think he even said anything. It was all like "hey, we made this sweet multiplayer hero and had no use for it in the campaigns, why don't you try it out?"Much like your posting.
So I'm guessing you never played Frozen Throne, then?
The pandaren started as a creation of the Blizzard artist Samwise Didier and an April Fool's joke, but they got a massive response from Warcraft fans. In the first BlizzCast episode launched on Jan. 10, 2008, Samwise recalled the process to the creation of the Pandaren April Fool's page: "But so we put that up in there and everyone was like "Oh my God! A PANDA RACE? That's kind of cool!" And I'm like "Are you kidding me, really? You want to see pandas in Warcraft III or whatever?"" Soon, they were included in the Warcraft III expansion and Chris Metzen began to write them into the game lore. Due to this popularity, pandaren were rumored to be the new playable Alliance race to be introduced in the Burning Crusade expansion.
Supposedly, a gaming magazine was brought to Blizzard's offices in the fall of 2005 to view the Burning Crusade expansion pack for the first time. There were dozens of posters and artwork depicting the pandaren as the new Alliance race. This rumor goes on to suggest the race was then canceled for reasons concerning "pandas being a sacred animal" in China, or with the "political problems [associated with a] Japanese/Chinese hybrid", in WC3 beta, pandaren wore samurai armor, but this was soon fixed. Other gaming sources stated that when "mentioning the ex-April-Fool's-joke Pandaren Empire to Blizzard staff got a surprisingly cagey response..." Blizzard has yet to confirm or deny these rumors directly.
I'm not a fan of Pandas, but this is just silly. WOW is one of the few games that does have some balance between growth and consistent gameplay.Anyone who thinks anything done in WoW at this point isn't done from a financial perspective is fooling themselves.
yup once you hit revered with a faction you can buy a token that gives double rep across all chars/servers (x-faction too). Its quite nice, especially since it works for all the starting quests for the pandaria factions too. For new alts, you can basically hit honored with shado pan, klaxxi, etc by the time you hit 90.Have they implemented the rep changes yet? I don't play really, it was fun for a few weeks though. However, grinding rep was pretty much all I did for the last week or so and it got so goddamn boring.
Lol, is Kreugen a mod yet? If not he really should be.Thanks for your input now go to a thread with a topic you care to discuss.
You really think so? I read that quest as the devs winkingly telling fresh 90s "Look, we admit this Panda stuff came out of nowhere, but we'll get back to the longterm storylines next xpac, so buy that one too!"And then Raid 3 will be the Legion invasion from the Wrathion questline.
He misses the thrilling andamazing world pvpthat used to exist.Thanks for your input now go to a thread with a topic you care to discuss.
^^ This.I guess I'll offer a different perspective. This is for me the most fun I've had playing WoW since Vanilla/TBC.
I am somewhat casual, leaning on hardcore at times. The game just suits my play style and availability.
I always have something to do any time I log on, I can look forward to very cool gear that doesn't require me to play the game like it's a second job. I can progress at my own pace with my little group of friends.
Daily grind isn't so bad when you play somewhat casually, because it is not a rush to complete at all cost. I will on any play session do maybe 1 to 3 factions. I alternate between them...sometimes I go a week before I do the same set of dailies since they are not the same every time.
I can do dungeons, and LFR on my schedule...I hadn't played Cataclysm so this is my first taste of LFR and I love it...raid happening, when I happen to be on...rather then "having" to be on to raid. I am a bit disappointed by the fact that we can ignore most of the actual mechanics of the encounters though.
I have unlocked all the raids now in LFR. I have all factions at revered, far from exalted still though, and still have lots to do before I consider my character "complete" as far as my personal objectives. In other expansions, I would either be done by now and quit, or playing an alt and quit soon. Right now I can easily see myself playing my main for a few more months before I even bother with an alt...if they can release content faster like they mentioned, they might actually keep me subscribed for more then my usual 3 months and quit till next expansion.
I am also definitely enjoying the storyline of the Dominance Offensive faction. With a new little story every few days or faction progress. I am looking forward to seeing what will happen there.
All in all, it's a way cool expansion in my opinion. I might not have said that a few years back, but it totally fits the way I play now.
That's also my reading of the questline. Besides, we do know that the last raid is dislodging GarroSha from Orgrimmar, and devs seem to be satisfied with 3 primary raid tiers, and apparently expect to tide the time between tiers by having a 5.1 (and possibly a 5.3) being additional non-raid content that allows us to add half a tier to a couple welfare epics (before upgrading them again). So it's introduction tier, badass pandarian pvp-sha-themed raid tier (did I hear the devs comparing stuff to Ulduar?), then ultra-badass Orgrimmar raid tier. And that's all. Maybe we'll hear about the old gods again, possibly thru Klaxxis stuff (if you're revered Klaxxis, remember: you ARE becoming an indirect ally of the Old Gods too).You really think so? I read that quest as the devs winkingly telling fresh 90s "Look, we admit this Panda stuff came out of nowhere, but we'll get back to the longterm storylines next xpac, so buy that one too!"
Don't forget us nordics and our viking culture for the entire WOTLK-expansion! Most the names are based on icelandic/norwegian/swedish as well. Astrid Bjornrittar - Astrid Bear rider. She rode a bear. MooThey've aped ancient Egypt, rainforests, Land of the Lost, Zoolander, Native Americans, Carribbeans/voodoo, metrosexuals, space, giant bugs, Greek mythology, and old England.
But damn if we don't draw the line at pandas and Far East mysticism.